Account-register.



A. G. RYLEY.

ACCOUNT REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 28. m2.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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A. G. RYLEY.

ACCOUNT REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 28, 1912.

' Patented June 15, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- To all whom it may concern:

ALFRED G. RYLEY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THEMOCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, (INCORPORATED IN 1914,) OF CANTON, OHIO, A

CORPORATION OF OHIO.

ACCOUNT-REGISTER.

Patented June 15, 1915 Original application filed September 24, 1908,Serial 170,454,552. Divided and this application filed December 28,1912. Serial No. 739,022.

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. RYLEY, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of' Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating toAccount-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in account registers, moreparticularly of the type in which a separate compartment, bodilyremovable from acasing, is provided for receiving each individualaccount.

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 454,552,filed September 24, 1908.

For the purpose of illustration, I have, in the accompanying drawings,shown and herein described one form of apparatus embodying myinvention.-

Figure 1 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section of aregister embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview, partly on line 22 and partly on line 2'2 of Fig. 1, one of thetrays being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a bill holdingtray and its guides, part of the latter being shown in section. Fig. 4is a section on the line 55, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of theparts illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a modified formof bill tray. Fig. 7 is an wardly projecting arm 11 with upwardly endview thereof. Fig. 8 is a view of a bill tray and its guides providedwith means for automatically removing it. Fig. 9 is a longitudinalsection of the parts shown in Fig. 8.

In the drawings,1 indicates a. pedestal or base and 2, 3, uprights orstandards rigidly secured to the base.

4 is a horizontally disposed shaft mount ed at either end in bearings 5,6, carried by the uprights, 2, 3, respectively. Rigidly securedto thesaid shaft 4 in any suitable manner near the opposite ends thereof, areheads or disks 7, 8. The space between these end heads 7, 8, maybedivided into any desired number of sections by means of disks or plates9 rigidly secured to the shaft 4. The innermost pair of disks 9 arespaced 3. suitable distance apart to receive between them a bearingstandard 10 having a forextending cars 12, 13, in which is mounted arotatable shaft 14.

15 is a bevel pinion rigidly secured to the lower end of the shaft 14and in mesh with the bevel gear 16 rigidly secured to the shaft 4between the partition plates 9.

The disks 7, 8, and 9 divide the space along theshaft 4 into a pluralityof tray or file holding sections, each section being provided with acircular series of bill holding gays? or files, each designated as anentirety The trays or files are preferably supported in the sections, asclearly indicated in Fig. 2. As there shown the inner ends of the traysset out some distance from the shaft with the axis of shaft, 4, but somedistance out therefrom, with the result that the trays in the top of thesupporting drum at any time tip back from the front of the register.This causes a sort of overlapping of the successive trays of the series,the end of each being exposed from the front of the device to a greaterextent than would be the case were the arrangement of the trays aboutthe shaft, 4, radial. This is of advantage as it makes it possible toexpose to the eye the indexing devices that may be arranged at orcarried by the trays at their outer ends.

The trays 17 are mounted so as to be longitudinally movable within theirrespective sections, and preferably bodily removable therefrom. Eachtray is preferably formed of sheet metal and has a rear wall 18, abottom wall 19, and side walls 20, 21. The metal at the upper end of thetray is cut to form an-index tab or extension 22 and a forwardlyextending section 23, preferably at the left hand side of the file. Eachfile may be provided with any suitable type of bill clip or retainer.For the purpose I have shown a spring clip 24,'suitably secured at itslower end to the metal of which the file is formed and carrying anindexing tab 25.

Each file 17 is mounted in its respective section in suitable guides.The guide for the right hand side of each tray is preferably a U-shapedpiece of metal, indicated by v 26, having a bottom section turned in at27 to form a stop with which the bottom wall 19 of the tray engages. Theguide 28 for the left hand .side of the file is U-shaped in crosssection only at its upper end, as indicated at 28, beneath this U-shapedsection the guide being L-shaped, as indicated at 28, and at its lowerend this guide 28 has an inwardly turned portion 29 to serve as a stopfor the left hand side of the tray corresponding to the stop 27 for theright hand side.- At its upper end the front wall of the 'U-shapedportion 28' is bent over on itself as indicated at 28. a

30 is a flat spring rigidly secured at 31 to the rear wall of theU-shaped section 28.

This spring is curved inwardly as indicated at 30 to engage the rearwall 18 of the file and press it forward in order that the top section23 of the file at its front end may come beneath the stop 28 so as tonormally prevent the sliding of the file from the guides when thecarrying disks are rotated to bring the files into inverted position.

A register such as described may be mounted in asuitable casing which ispreferably formed of metal with which may be combined fire-proofingmaterial for the protection of the files from fire or heat. The case isof any suitable construction, that represented in the drawingscomprising a main compartment, 32, into which the plurality of sets ofrotatable file holders or trays and their supporting drums and theoperating parts thereof are placed. The top of the compartment 32 isclosed by a hinged cover 34,- in which is formed an opening, 35, throughwhich the exposed ends of aline of the trays may be viewed, and throughwhich the trays may be bodily passed in placing them in the register or"removing them from the casing. This opening may be closed by a slidinggate or cover, 36, which may be provided with a lock, 37, for securelyclosing the register when not in use. The main cover, 34, for the top ofthe case also carries a lock, 38, for holding it closed. In front of themain compartment, 32, there may be arranged an extension of the case,39, in which are arranged a set of drawers or trays, 40. Thetop, 41, ofthis extension is preferably a frame containing a transparent glasswhich is arranged to overlie a support, 42, upon which may rest an indexsheet carrying all the namesof the persons whose accounts are kept inthe register with suitable designat .ing numbers or marks set oppositeeach name to assist the operator in quickly exposing opposite theopening, 35, the tray carrym any desired account. A

The inclined shaft, 14, extends forward and carries at its outer end arevolvingpointer, 44, which is located outside the curved front portionof the compartment,- 32, of the casing. It lies in an aperture,

pointer, 44, and the front wall of the casing is a stationary disk, 43,on the front face of which are numbers or other designating markscorresponding with those set opposite the names of the persons Whoseaccounts are kept in the register.- If it be desired to examine theaccount of a particular person the sheet under the glass, 41, isconsulted and the number or mark set opposite the name of such person isobserved. The pointer is then turned to the corresponding mark on thedisk, 43, whereupon the tray containing sections will be so moved as tobring the tray carrying the desired account opposite the opening, 35.The arm, 44, is preferably provided with an operating knob or handle 45,which may have its spindle or shank arranged to be projected through thearm and so shaped, as indicated at 46, as to enter shallow recessesformed in the plate, 43. A

spring, 47, operates to set the end, 46, of the handle against the plate43 and into the sockets or recesses formed therein, thus holding withsufiicient security the arm in the position to which it may be set,though permitting it to be moved from place to place at wil i In orderto prevent the drum in which the bill-carrying trays are mounted fromoverrunning when moved, I prefer to provide aretarding or retainingdevice. This may be of any suitable construction. That shown comprises aplate, 48, carriedby one of the disks such as 9, of the drum and formedwith an undulating or recessed surface against which bears aspring-heldroller, suitably mounted in the standard 10. I have alreadydescribed some of the advantages incident to tangentially arranging theindividual'trays in the drum. The illustrated disposition of the traysnot only app ancesto the particular embodiment' thereof thus -fardescribed and illustrated in the drawings to which reference has beenmade. Thus as illustrated in Figs. 6 and fully exposes the index tabs orextensions, 22, as theyare successively brought oppo 7 a form of billtray or carrier'may be employed adapted to prevent the unauthor-v izedhandling or-removal of the slips after they have once been filed. Theframe of the tray is in its essential features similar to. that alreadydescribed. It, however, is provided with a front cover or plate, 50,hinged to the tray near its lower end, at 51. The

said cover is held is place, thereby closing the tray, by a swingingbail, 52, so placed that it may be swung over the upper end of the trayto release the cover. This bail, 52, is adapted to be sealed in positionto hold the cover closed, by one or more seals 53. These are to beapplied to the tray by a personauthorized to use them. A broken sealwould indicate that a tray has been opened by one not authorized so todo, the seal thus forming a safeguard against the handling of account'slips by any one not having rightful access thereto. The tray near itsupper end has a transverse slit 54: through which the account slips canbe passed.

spring, 55, preferably carried by the cover, 50, holds the slips inplace within the tray. The spring is shaped to have an operating portionas indicated at 56, which extends out through a slot 57 in the cover 50,so that the spring may be raised within the tray whenever it is desired'to pass'a slip, into the latter. In this form of slip holder or tray itis best to use an account slip where the balances or totals are set downnear the lower edge thereof, and I therefore provide an aperture 60, inthe cover plate 50, through which the balances or totals may be seen andit is evident that either the bail 52 or the edge of the slit 5%, at theupper end of the front cover or plate 50 of the tray, may serve as awall to be engaged by the stop 28* carried by the support for. normallyholding the tray therein.

The trays or bill holders thus far described are adapted to be removedfrom their holder manually. It is sometimes desirable that they shouldbe automatically removable, or at leastpartially so. In Figs. 8 and 9 Ihave illustrated means for automatically lifting the trays andprojecting them to a' greater or less degree from their supports andguides in the drum. The tray 17 is supported in the guides, 26, 28,which may be of the form already described, it being essential thatthere be a stop for" the upper end of the tray to normally hold it inits guides. 58- designates a spring arranged to bear against the lowerend of the tray and tending to force it upward-against said stop or outof the supporting guides. A convenient way of mounting-the spring isindicated in Fig. 8 where it is represented as being supported at thelower end of one of theguides, 28. 'A person using the register caneasily release. a tray from the stop ,28 by pressing its upper end outof engagement with the stop when the spring 58 will force it upward. Theforceof the spring is usually suflicient to project the tray aboutone-half way out of its supporting guides. Instead of using the holdingstop 28' a locking spring 58 arranged to engage with the upper edge ofthe tray or bill file may be employed. This as represented in Fig. 9,can conveniently be secured to one side flange of the guide 28 and haveits end rest behind a keeper, 59.

To those skilled in the artof making account registers of the classdescribed, many alterations in construction and widely differingembodiments and applications of my invention will suggest themselves,without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. My disclosures andthe'description herein are purely illustrative, and are not intendedengage with the free end of the cover for holding it closed, the trayhaving an entrance slit through which the slips may be passed when thecover is closed.

3. In an account register, a tray for holding individual account slips,having a cover for closing the tray, and a spring within the tray forconfining the slips, the spring extending through an opening 111 thetray and being operable from the outsidewhen the tray is closed, and thetray being provided with an entrance slit.

4. In an account register a tray for holding individual account slips,having a cover.

for closing the tray, a bail adapted to engage with the end of the coverfor holding it closed, and arranged to be sealed by a sealing device,and a spring within the tray for holding the slips in place.

5. In an account register, a tray for holding individual account slips,a cover for closing the tray, means for holding the tray cover closed,the said tray being formed with an entrance slipthrough which the slipsmay be passed when the cover is closed,

and a spring carried by the cover for confining the slips in the tray.

6. In an account register, a tray for holding individual account slips,a cover for closing the tray, means for holding the tray cover closed,the said tray being formed,

with an entrance slip through which the slips may be passed when thecover is closed,

. and a spring carried by the cover for confining the slips in the tray,the said cover being formed with an opening through which the springextends, whereby it may 5 be operated from outside the tray.

In an account register, the combination of an individual account slipholding tray adapted to slidably engage with a support,

, the said tray having a back and a bottom,

10 a spring normally bearing against said back to hold account-slips inposition thereon; and a wall arranged at the upper end of the trayand'adapted to engage a stop carried by the support.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, 15 in the presence of twoWitnesses. I

ALFRED G. RYLEY. Witnesses: v

S. S. Knnrz, K. M. ADDAMB.

